Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Calming the Fear-Driven Brain [Paperback]

The celebrated text on working with the circuitry of the brain to restore emotional healthwith a new preface from the author. Neurofeedback is applied neuroscienceit is a new frontier in helping innumerable people who up until now have been condemned to just make the best of telling chronically fearful, unfocused and disengaged. Sebern Fisher, a sensitive clinician and immensely experienced neurofeedback practitioner, is the right person to teach us how to integrate it into clinical practice. [A] major breakthrough in the treatment of developmental trauma...[A] must-read for clinicians...[A] must-read for individuals whose lives have been hijacked by the 'fear-driven brain'...[P]rovides a clear defined presentation of what developmental trauma is and how neurofeedback helps to form new neural connections, soothing regulation and emotional stability...I can say, as a trauma therapist, who uses neurofeedback as one of many treatment modalities, Sebern Fishers methods are tried and true. I use these methods and find them extremely effective. The writing is excellent. [Sebern Fisher] helps explain why and how developmental trauma devastates and also why and how it is different than single-incident trauma or traditional post-traumatic stress. . . . She has taken on the mountain  the human brain  and helped us scale it and understand the dragon of fear that resides within for those of us with developmental trauma. . . . Because of her work  I know theres higher for me to climb. This book illustrates the masterful use of neurofeedback in psychotherapy for developmental trauma disorders. A must-read for all clinicians involved in the treatment of trauma spectrum disorders! This is the year, or perhaps the century, of the brain. What more can we ask than to have someone tell us how to change the brain in ways that improve our lives. In this book Sebern Fisher does just that. Over the many years of our many discussions about what works and what doesnt work in treal³Ñ